2020 October – Protecting, Playing Nice, Waiting, Hallowe’en
Protecting
This is a picture of me protecting an offspring.
Something is going on outside and I’m not sure what.
Whatever it is, it’s making a really odd noise. I am on red alert.
There it is. More aliens. Cheeky.
I’d thought we’d left them behind when we moved house.
Playing Nicely
This is me playing nicely with an offspring.
I am being very gentle.
I didn’t used to be gentle.
But I am now.
It generally ends better that way.
Waiting
This is a picture of me doing something I am pretty good at now.
Namely waiting.
It’s worth waiting for. That’s because it’s food. Most other things I can’t be bothered to wait for. Apart from a tennis ball. Or a football. Or a walk. Or a new toy. Or a treat.
I am quite selective as you can see.
Mum can be pretty hopeless at getting me stuff. She gets distracted. Mostly with work. I may have mentioned this before. She really needs to give that up.
My needs are far more important.
Hallowe’en
Yes it’s that time of year again. This is a picture of Spider Kobe – cool huh?
And since it is Hallowe’en, this is absolutely the right thing to watch.
The Nightmare Before Christmas
If you’ve not seen Tim Burton’s classic, then you’ve missed out.
Big time. I can’t stress that enough. Why not watch it now – even if it isn’t the big H today?
Saffron’s recommendations this month:
Music: Take a gander at Canadian band Barenaked Ladies. They started off as exclusively acoustic and now cover pop, rock, hip hop, rap… You’ll know them for the sig tune from TV’s The Big Bang Theory. And if you don’t, then this will be a lovely new immersive experience for you then, won’t it? Mum likes the album Maroon but there’s lots of other stuff to peruse. Try these.
It’s All Been Done
The Big Bang Theory theme
Too Little Too Late
Falling for the First Time
Pinch Me
Go Home
Baby Seat (if you think growing up is tough, then you’re just not grown up enough, baby…)
One Week (you’ll know this one for sure)
Reading: We’re opting for a little murder mystery this month with Sherlock, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, first printed in 1887. Some fans actually believed Holmes really existed. There are 56 short stories and 4 novels – if you’d like to, of course.
Films: There have been a number of Sherlock Holmes films starting with the 1922 classic. There are animated cartoons and TV series as well. You might have seen the most recent TV version with Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Andrew Scott. That’s well worth a watch. But we’re talking films here, so go for the Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law, Rachel McAdams and Mark Strong combo (2009, 2011). Also Enola Holmes with Millie Bobby Brown (2020) – a strong film – there must be more of these on the way, surely?
In the news:
Plans for 40 new hospitals by 2030 are confirmed as part of a package worth £3.7 billion, with a further eight planned
Lewis Hamilton equals Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 Grand Prix wins
The UK exceeds 1 million cases of Covid-19
100,000 people are catching the virus every day in England, a figure now doubling every nine days – yikes
PM Boris Johnson announces a new four-week lockdown for England from 5 November until 2 December
The wettest day on record occurs 3rd October, with an average of 31.7 mm (1.24 in) of rain across the entire country